Balgarianovinite.com Bulgarian institutions sent a strong, coordinated signal on Thursday that progress on North Macedonia’s EU path depends on real guarantees for the rights and security of citizens with Bulgarian identity.
At a regular sitting, Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee adopted a declaration condemning the recent assault in Skopje on journalist Vladimir Perev as “another act of hate-motivated violence against a Bulgarian in the Republic of North Macedonia” and urged the authorities in Skopje to stop all actions and rhetoric that justify or downplay such attacks and to deliver the long-overdue constitutional amendments.
Committee Chair Yordanka Fandakova and Denitsa Sacheva, head of the Bulgarian delegation to PACE, separately met representatives of the Bulgarian community in North Macedonia at the National Assembly. Fandakova condemned the hate attack against Perev and thanked the guests for defending what she described as a just cause at the cost of their personal safety. She underlined that there is “unconditional support for Bulgarians in North Macedonia from all Bulgarian institutions” and warned that attempts in Skopje to renegotiate or circumvent elements of the 2022 European consensus would only further delay the start of EU accession talks.
In a parallel initiative, the parliamentary Committee on Policies for Bulgarians Abroad brought together in Sofia around 20 associations from North Macedonia, along with activists and journalists, to hear first-hand accounts of the pressures they face. Committee Chair Stoyan Taslakov said the meeting aimed to show those communities they had not been forgotten and pointed to cases of physical attacks and intimidation. “You heard here today – there are beaten people, their children have been beaten, there are arrests, broken bones, shots fired at offices. All of this is the result of targeted hatred instilled by the authorities in North Macedonia for decades,” Taslakov said. Earlier in the day he also noted that the hate-motivated attack against Perev had already prompted a unanimous condemnation by the Foreign Policy Committee.
At the Presidency, President Rumen Radev met with representatives of organizations of the Bulgarian community from Bitola, Ohrid, Skopje, Prilep, Kavadarci and Kochani and tied constitutional change directly to Skopje’s EU ambitions. “We all hope that the integration of the Republic of North Macedonia will happen as soon as possible, but this cannot be at the expense of the rights of the Bulgarian community in the country,” Radev said, expressing hope that the 2022 European compromise would be implemented swiftly and that Bulgarians would be included in the constitution. Representatives of Bulgarian organizations in North Macedonia warned that the community must not be used “as an excuse to delay reforms needed for the country’s progress towards EU membership” and voiced concern about the way Skopje is handling the Action Plan on community rights. Bulgarian Institutions Link Skopje’s EU Path to Guarantees for Rights of Bulgarians in North Macedonia 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-04 20:56:18 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law